Isonomia – Epistemologica Volume 9 REASONING, METAPHOR AND SCIENCE Volume 1 Il realismo scientifico di Evandro Agazzi Mario Alai (ed.) Volume 2 Complessità e riduzionismo Vincenzo Fano, Enrico Giannetto, Giulia Giannini, Pierluigi Graziani (eds.) Volume 3 Oltre la fisica normale Isabella Tassani (ed.) Volume 4 Mettere a fuoco il mondo Elena Casetta, Valeria Giardino (eds.) Volume 5 Metaphor and Argumentation Francesca Ervas, Massimo Sangoi (eds.) Volume 6 Forecasting the Future Stefano Bordoni, Sara Matera (eds.) Volume 7 Teaching and Learning Mathematics Laura Branchetti (ed.) Volume 8 Animali razionali Pierluigi Graziani, Giorgio Grimaldi, Massimo Sangoi (eds.) Volume 9 Reasoning, Metaphor and Science Flavia Marcacci, Maria Grazia Rossi (eds.) ISONOMIA - Epistemologica Series Editor Gino Tarozzi
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[email protected] All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission, in writing, from the publisher. In copertina: Gianni Pilera, I ceppi solitari Table of contents 2 FLAVIA MARCACCI AND MARIA GRAZIA ROSSI Reasoning by Metaphors in Science, Philosophy and Practice ................................ 7 Part 1: The Nature of Metaphors and Their Role in Human Rationality STEFANIA GIOMBINI Μεταφορά. The Figure of Speech before Aristotle ................................................. 25 FRANCESCA ERVAS AND ELISABETTA GOLA From a Ghost to a Sketch: Translating Metaphors in Context ..............................